Sanitary cover for closet-basin seats.



'BATENTED FEB, 24, 1903.

S H. W. LBITGH. SANITKBY COVER FOR CLOSE-T BASIN SEATS.

APBLIOATION FILED NOV. 19, 1901.

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SANITARY COVER FOR CLOSET-BASIN SEATS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,576, dated February 24, 1903. Application filed November 19, 1901. Serial No. 82,834. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, HOWARD W. LEITOH, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Covers for Closet-Basin Seats, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved flexible cover for the seat of a closet basin, said cover being provided at regular intervals with holes which correspond with that in the seat of the basin, and electrical devices for moving the cover over the seat of the basin whenever desired by simply pressing a push-button suitably located; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a device or devices of the class and for the purpose specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a side view of a watercloset basin provided with my improvement and showing diagrammatical means for moving the cover for the seat of the basin; Fig. 2, a plan view of the basin and the parts connected therewith, Fig. 3, a view at right an: gles to Fig. 1, showing a part of the bottom portion of the basin broken away; and Fig. 4,

a plan view of a portion of the seat-cover which I employ.

In the practice of my invention I provide a strip a of paper, which is preferably waxed or otherwise treated or rendered antiseptic, and this strip is provided at regular intervals with holes (1 which correspond with the hole or opening in the seat of the closet-basin, and said strip is also provided adjacent to one edge thereof with longitudinal slots or openings a separated by intervening portions a one of which is adjacent to and in transverse line with each of the holes or openings a The strip a is wound on two rollers 12 suitably supported at opposite sides of the basin and adjacent to the bottom portion thereof, as shown in the drawings, or said strip is wound on one of said rollers and connected with the other so as to be rewound thereon, in which operation it is pulled over the basin and re- I wound on the last-named roller.

The roller onto which the strip a is to be rewound or the shaft thereof is provided with a gear-wheel c, which operates in connection with the corresponding gear-wheel d on the shaft 6 of an electric motor f, and at a suitable point adj acent to the closet-basin is placed an electromagnet g, having a spring-operated armature h, which is normally retracted by a spring '5 and which is provided with a transverse arm j, having two contact-points It, which project in the direction of the electromagnet g, and the magnet g is placed in a circuit composed of wires or and n and in which is placed a battery o, andone of said wires is connected with a contact-piece 10, secured to one side of the seat 6 of the closet-basin and in a transverse line with the center of the hole or opening in said seat,-and the other wire it is connected with a contact-piece r, placed in the top of the seat of the closet-basin under the end of the contact-piece p. I also employ two main circuit-wires s and t,which may be energized from any suitable source, one of which is connected with the motor fand the other of which connects with a binding-post 5 directly in front of one of the contact-points 7c of the armj, which is connected with the armature h, and anothervwire conductor a is also employed, which is in connection with the motor f and with the binding-post or similar device to, adjacent to and in front of the other contactpoint is of the arm j. The end of the contactpiece 19 is bent downwardly and normally rests upon one of the portions a of the strip a, and as the said strip is drawn over the closet-seat, the said end of the contact-piece 19 moves in the slots at and is always incontact with the piece r, except when it rests on one of the intervening portions 11 of the strip a.

At the opposite sides of the closet-basin and at the top thereof are parallel rods- 2, over which the strip a, is drawn, and these rods are supported by curved arms 3 connected with a band 4*, which passes around the top portion of the basin beneath the annular bead 5 at the top thereof, and the object of the rods 2", which may be substituted by ordinary rollers, if desired, is to provide means whereby the strip a may be drawn straight across the circular cover or seat of the basin at all times and also to form a horizontal support for said strip.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and thefollowing statement thereof.

In order to start the motor, all that is necessary is to press the button 2, which is in connection with the wire m by means of a wire 3 which operation serves to close a circuit through a wire 4, which is connected with the wire 91 and with a post or other contact device 5, arranged adjacent to said button 2. A circuit is thus closed through the electromagnet g. The armature h and transverse arm j are retracted by said magnet, bringing the contact-points 7; into contact with the binding-posts or similar devices to and 8 The motor is thus energized and the gear 0 is operated to turn the roller on which the cover a. is rolled after use. The contact-piece p rests upon the several portions a" of the cover a, intermediate of the openings (U As soon, however, as the cover a is started in motion the contact-piece p is allowed to contact with the contact-piece 1-, completing a circuit through the wires m and n and causing a continuance of the energization of the motor f, thus permitting the button 2 to be released. Then the next hole or opening in the cover a is in proper position, one of the intermediate portions 0, of the cover it passes beneath the contact-piece p and separates the same from the contactpiece 1", thus opening the circuit through the electromagnet g and stopping the motorf, and to again start the cover a in motion the button 2 is pressed, as before, and this succession of operations, as before described, may be continued until the cover a is entirely used up, it being apparent that a new cover may be substituted whenever desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with acloset-basin; of rollers supported at the opposite sides thereof, a strip provided at regular intervals with openings, a motor for unwinding said strip from one of the rollers and onto the other, and controlling means forsaid motor embodying an electrical circuit maker and breaker, a contact device mounted upon the basin, and a movable contact device adapted to be engaged with said first-named contact device through slots or openings in said strip to close a circuit through slots or openings in said strip to close a circuit through said electrical circuit maker and breaker.

2. The combination, with a closet-basin; of rollers supported at the opposite side thereof; a strip provided at regular intervals with openings, and a motor for unwinding said strip from one of said rollers onto the other of said rollers, and controlling means for said motor comprising an electrical circuit maker and breaker, a contact device mounted upon said basin, a movable contact device arranged for contact with said first-named contact device through slots or openings in said strip to close an electrical circuit through said electrical circuit maker and breaker, and independent means for closing an electrical circuit through said electrical circuit maker and breaker.

3. The combination, with a closet-basin; of rollers supported at opposite sides thereof; a strip provided at regular intervals with openings, an electric motor for unwinding said strip from one of said rollers onto the other of said rollers; and controlling means for said motor; said controlling means comprising an electrical circuit maker and breaker operated by said strip in the movement thereof, and independent means for initially closing the electrical circuit maker and breaker.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 18th day of November, 1901.

H0 \VARD W. LElTCl-I.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, F. F. TELLER. 

